Beijing 72-Hour Visa-Free Transit Tour

Since Jan.1,2013, Beijing has carried out the Visa-free Transit policy for the transit passengers holding a third-country visa from 51 countries including United States, Canada, Australia, all members of the EU, Singapore, New Zealand and more to spend up to 72 hours in Beijing without a Chinese visa.

This policy is aimed to boost the Beijing tourism and provides the convenience for the business travelers and transiting passengers. Below are our specially designed visa-free trip itineraries and services ranging from one half to three days. All are customizable and can be tailored to your needs, schedule, interests and budget.

How far is it from the Beijing airport to the most popular tourist attractions of Beijing?

Tour code: BJH-BVF-02B

Overview: Badaling Great Wall is the famous section in Great Wall of China. Hiking there will help you understand China’s history. You can also take a rickshaw around Hutong. Forbidden City are also listed in this tour.

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Tour code: BJH-BVF-02C

Overview: Without Chinese visa in Beijing, you can also visit the best sites:the magnificent Temple of Heaven, the ancient Forbiddent City, the biggest Tiananmen Square and the majestic Badaling Great Wall.

Tour code: BJH-BVF-03B

Overview: This trip is a meticulously-made route for those who have great interest in both historic and modern Beijing. The highlights includes Tiananmen, Forbidden City, Temple of Heaven, Mutianyu Great Wall and Hutongs.

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Tour code: BJH-BVF-03C

Overview: This tour is for you to travel the highlights of Beijing without visa in Beijing. You can use up all your time of visa-free in Beijing.( Note: According to the latest information from the airports, the 72 hours are calculated from the time lag between departure time and arrival time on your ticket. )

2. The requirements for passengers enjoying this policy:

1) Holding valid international travel documents that can prove their nationality and identity;

2) Qualified for the entry requirements of their destination country;

3) Holding valid air tickets or arrangements with specific dates and seat numbers which prove they will make transit via Beijing Capital International Airport to the third country or region within 72 hours;

4) Being reported to China's exit-entry frontier inspection authorities by their airline companies.

3. How to apply for visa-free ?

For air passengers who are interested to visit visa-free cities during 72 hours, they can apply for visa-free in the airports when arriving. The airports has taken various measures to ensure quick transit registration procedures, designating more staff to provide transit passengers with the necessary instructions, and and installing signs to guide the flow of transit passengers.

4. Travelers enjoying this policy must transit via airports

The policy only implement to transit via airports in Beijing, Shanghai, Xian, Guilin, Chengdu, Guangzhou, Chongqing, Shenyang, Dalian, and passengers should handle procedures in airports. And finally, they can only depart from the airports in these visa-free cities. That means, travelers come to China by train or any other vehicles should still apply for a transit visa in advance.

5. Travlers are only allowed to travel in visa-free cities

Travelers are only allowed to travel within visa-free cities, and not allowed to other China cities during the 72-hour visa-free period. The policy does not apply to passengers with a single return flight ( e.g. Shanghai - Beijing - Shanghai, Hong Kong - Beijing - Hong Kong ).